The New Orleans Public Library is accepting entries for its Black History Month Art Contest. The theme is Building Tomorrow: Black Youth Shaping the Future.
Students in grades K-2 can enter the contest either online or by downloading the paper form and turning it in, along with their art, at any library location.
To enter, artists grades K-12 must live in or go to school in Orleans Parish. Entries will be judged by grade categories (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12) and a first, second and third place winner will be determined in each category.
All entrants will receive a free book, and the top winners in each grade category will receive a gift card. Winners in first through third place will also receive a framed poster of their winning artwork.
Artwork may be submitted in person to a library location, with a completed submission form paper-clipped to the artwork.
The deadline for entries is Feb. 28.
Email [email protected] with questions or need assistance submitting work.
Kids age 6-12 can work on their entries during the library’s Black History Month art contest hours, where supplies and inspirational materials will be provided.
Upcoming hours are Feb. 18 at 4 p.m. at Alvar Library, 913 Alvar St.; Feb. 19 at 3:30 p.m. at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, 1611 Fats Domino Ave.; Feb. 19 at 4 p.m. at Mid-City Library, 4140 Canal St.; Feb. 21 at 2 p.m. at the Main Library, 219 Loyola Ave.; Feb. 24 at 4 p.m. at Nora Navra Library, 1902 St. Bernard Ave.
Visit nolalibrary.co/black-history-month for contest details, reading recommendations, upcoming events and more.
FILM SCREENINGS: On Feb. 20, the Main Library, 219 Loyola Ave., will host a screening of the documentary “Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power,” starting at 2 p.m.
In the mid-1960s, Lowndes County, Alabama, had zero registered Black voters despite an 80% Black population. Through first-person accounts and archival footage, the film chronicles the citizens’ movement and young Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee organizers led by Stokely Carmichael who risked their lives for Black voting rights.
This film can also be screened with your library card on Kanopy.
On Feb. 24, Nora Navra Library, 1902 St. Bernard Ave., will screen “Storming Ceaser’s Palace,” at 4 p.m. The documentary explores the life of Ruby Duncan.
Duncan, along with Mary Wesley, Alversa Beals, and low-income mothers across the country, formed the National Welfare Rights Organization to fight for an adequate income, dignity and justice.
Together, they introduced a Guaranteed Income campaign in 1969, which, with feminist Gloria Steinem at their side, became part of the Democratic platform in 1972.
Based on a groundbreaking book and using lost archival material, “Storming Ceaser’s Palace” celebrates Duncan’s leadership, courage, tenacity and dreams.
Visit nolalibrary.co/black-history-month to explore reading and viewing recommendations, upcoming events and more.
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